List of works by Joseph Achron

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Based on 'Philip Moddel: Joseph Achron, Tel Aviv, 1966'

Works with Opus number

• Op.1 – Lullaby for Violin and Piano (1893, manuscript in the British Museum)
• Op.2 – Souvenir de St. Petersburg (1897, manuscript)
• Op.3 – Moto perpetuo for Violin and Piano (1898, manuscript lost)
• Op.4 – Violin Concerto (1899, manuscript lost)
• Op.5 – lost
• Op.6 – Barcarolle (1902, manuscript)
• Op.7 – La Toupie for Violin and Piano (1903, manuscript)
• Op.8 – Ballade for Violin and Piano (1903, manuscript)
• Op.9 – Scherzo Gavotte for Violin and Piano (1904, manuscript)
• Op.10 – lost
• Op.11 – Valse melancolique for Violin and Piano (1902-1906, manuscript)
• Op.12 – Variations humoristiques et caracteristiques sur l’air russe ‘Kamarinskaya’ (1904, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
• Op.13 – Prelude for Violin and Piano (1904, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
• Op.14 – Souvenir de Varsovie for Violin and Piano (1905, manuscript)
• Op.15 – Coquetterie for Violin and Piano (1905, manuscript)
• Op.16 – Idylle for Violin and Piano (1905, manuscript)
• Op.17 – Serenade for Violin and Piano (1906, manuscript)
• Op.18 – Les Sylphides for Violin and Piano (1905, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
• Op.19 – Dans l’Intimite for Violin solo (1909, Zimmermann, Leipzig)

1. Improvisation
2. Plaisanterie Musicale sur l'air populaire 'Oh, du lieber Augustin'

• Op.20 – Berceuse No.2 for Violin or Cello and Piano (1906, Zimmermann, Leipzig)
• Op.21 – Suite No. 1 en Style ancien for Violin and Piano (Johansen, St. Petersburg; Universal Edition, Wien)

1. Prelude
2. Gavotte
3. Sicilienne
4. Fughetta
5. Gigue

• Op.22 – Suite No.2 en Style moderne for Violin and Piano (1906, Johansen, St. Petersburg; Universal Edition, Wien)

1. En passant
2. Souvenir de Mozart
3. Souvenir de Schumann
4. Intermezze
5. Marionettes

• Op.23 – 4 Tableaux fantastiques for Violin and Piano (1906-1907, Johansen, St. Petersburg, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.24 – Hör ich das Liedchen klingen (Heine) for Voice and Piano (1907, manuscript)
• Op.25 – 3 Poems for Voice and Piano (1907, Russischer Musikverlag)
• Op.26 – Chromatic String Quartet (1907, manuscript)
• Op.27 – 4 Poems for Voice and Piano (1907, manuscript)

1. An der Brücke (Nietzsche)
2. Ich war ein Kind (Wedekind)
3. Wie der wilde Gletscherbach (Morgenstern)
4. Über ein Glück (Kurz)

• Op.28 – In der Gewalt des Schönen – 5 Pieces for Piano (1908, manuscript)

1. Grüsse (Greetings)
2. Des Walzers Nachtstimmungen (Night Moods)
3. Lieben und Besingen (Serenade)
4. An die Weiblichkeit (To Womanhood)
5. Der Kunstsieg (Victory of Art)

• Op.29 – Violin Sonata Nr.1 (1910, Belaieff, Leipzig)
• Op.29 – Marche melancolique for Piano (manuscript)

This work is listed as Op.29 too

• Op.30 – Das Gespenst (Ernst Hardt) for Male Voice and Orchestra or Piano (1912, Jurgenson, Moscow)
• Op.31 – 2 Poems for Voice and Piano

1. Aus silbergrauen Gründen (Morgenstern, 1910, manuscript)
2. Graue Engel (Maximilian Dauthenday, 1911, manuscript lost)

• Op.32 – 2 Stimmungen for Violin and Piano (1910, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.33 – Hebrew Melody for Violin and Piano (1911, Society of Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg; Fischer, New York)
• Op.34 – Hazan for Cello and Piano or Orchestra (1912, manuscript)
• Op.35 – 2 Hebrew Pieces for Violin and Piano (1912, Juval, Berlin; Fischer, New York)

1. Hebrew Dance
2. Hebrew Lullaby

• Op.36 – 2 Stimmungen for Violin and Piano (Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.37 – Dance improvisation for Violin and Piano (1914, Society of Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg)
• Op.38 – Epitaph for large Orchestra (1915, manuscript)
• Op.39 – Symphonic Variations and Sonata on the folk song ‘El Yivneh Hagalil’ for Piano (1915, Juval, Berlin)
• Op.40 – To the Jewess (Sh. Kupernik) – Melodrama (1915, manuscript)
• Op.41 – Suite bizarre for Violin and Piano (1916, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.42 – Scher for Violin and Piano (1917, Juval, Berlin)
• Op.43 – Fragment mystique for Cello and Piano or Orchestra (1917, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.44 – 2 Pastels for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)
• Op.45 – Violin Sonata No. 2 (1918, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.46 – Agada for Violin and Piano (1920, Juval, Berlin)
• Op.47 – Incidental Music to Maeterlinck’s Play ‘Les Aveugles’ for chamber orchestra (1919, manuscript)
• Op.48 – Incidental Music to Maeterlinck’s Play ‘L’Intruse’ (1919, manuscript)
• Op.49 – Incidental Music to ‘Fartog’ by Waiter (1920, Yibneh, Berlin)
• Op.50 – Incidental Music to Peretz’s ‘The Fiddler’s Soul’ (1920, manuscript)
• Op.51 – Liebeswidmung for Violin and Piano (1921, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.52 – 2 Lieder for Voice and Piano (1922, manuscript)

1. Zu dir führt mein Wandern (Fichmann)
2. Licht so träumend (Ben Jizchak), also published as Canzonetta for Violin and Piano (1923, Jibneh, Berlin)

• Op.53 – 3 Lieder for Voice and Piano (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem)

1. Wie einsam wurde ich (D. Frishman)
2. Ein Täubchen flog vorüber (J. Cohen)
3. Freund, Du ferner (J. Kami)

• Op.54 – Der Letzte (D. Shimonovich) – Poem for Voice and Orchestra (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem; Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.55 – Mohne (S. Schneur) for High Voice and Orchestra (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem)
• Op.56 – 2 Piano Pieces (1923, Jibneh, Jerusalem; Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.57 – Kindersuite for Piano (1923, Universal Edition, Wien)

also published for String Quartet, Clarinet and Piano (Universal Edition, Wien)

• Op.58 – Belshazzar – 2 Tableaux for Large Orchestra (1924, manuscript)
• Op.59 – Schmuel (1924, fragment, manuscript)
• Op.60 – Violin Concerto No.1 (1925, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Op.61 – Danse de Salome (1925, Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
• Op.62 – Elegy for String Quartet (1927, J. Naidat, Tel Aviv; Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
• Op.63 – 4 Improvisations for String Quartet (1927, manuscript)
• Op.64 – A Kapelle Konzertisten (A. Lutzki) for Voice and Piano (1928, manuscript)
• Op.65 – 2 Pieces for Viola and Piano (1932, manuscript)
• Op.66 – Statuettes for Piano (1931, New Music Edition, San Francisco)
• Op.67 – Evening Service for the Sabbath (1932, Bloch Publishing, New York)
• Op.68 – Violin Concerto No.2 (1934, manuscript)
• Op.69 – Po Eyn Harod (A.Z. Ben-Yishai) for Baritone and Piano (1933, manuscript)
• Op.70 – Children’s World for Piano (1934, manuscript)
• Op.71 – Sinfonietta for String Quartet (1935, manuscript)
• Op.72 – Violin Concerto No.3 (1933, manuscript)
• Op.73 – Sextett for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn and Trumpet (1938, New Music Edition, San Francisco)
• Op.73 – Scherzo Impromptu (Fischer, New York; Peters, Leipzig)

This work is listed as Op.73 too

• Op.74 – Concerto for Piano alone (1941, Israeli Music Publications Limited, Tel Aviv)
• Op.74 – 2 Pieces in the first Position for Violin and Piano (1939, manuscript)

This work is listed as Op.74 too

Works without Opus number

• Pensse de l’Auer for Violin and Piano (1925, Universal Edition, Wien)
• Golem – Suite from the music for the play for Chamber Orchestra (1932, manuscript)
• Little Dance Fantasy for Piano (1932, manuscript)
• A Dance Ouverture for Orchestra (1932, manuscript for piano)
• Stempenyu - Suite from the music for Sholom Aleichem's play (1929)

arr. for Violin and Piano (1930, Universal Edition, Wien)

• Dance of the Tzadikim for Orchestra (1933, manuscript for piano)
• A Night with Pan - A ballet for the screen by Frank and Tatiana Tuttle for Piano (manuscript)
• Infinite Canon for Voices on the name SCH(o)E(n)BE(r)G (1942, manuscript)
• Monisch for Recitation and Piano (manuscript)
• Nach Begräbnis for Recitation, Violin and Cello (manuscript)
• The Torah of Israel for Voice and Piano (manuscript)
• In a kleiner Schtibele for Voice and Piano (manuscript)
• Simchat Torah for Voice and Quartet (manuscript)
• God Supreme for Choir and Quartet (manuscript)
• Psalm 90 for Choir (manuscript)
• Psalm 121 for Choir (manuscript)
• There is a mystic tie for Choir (manuscript)
• 3 Hebrew Workers Songs for Choir (manuscript)

• Cadenzas

3 Cadenzas to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (1906)

Cadenza to Brahms’ Violin Concerto (1903)

Cadenza to Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D (1910)

3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 (1932)

3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 (1907)

3 Cadenzas to Mozart’s Adelaide Violin Concerto (1927)

Cadenza to Paganini’s Violin Concerto (1903)

3 Cadenzas to Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto for 3 Violins (1928)

Paraphrases and Transcriptions

• Leopold Auer

Pense for Violin and Piano (1909, Universal Edition, Wien)

• Ludwig van Beethoven

Ecossaise for Violin and Piano (1912, Universal Edition, Wien)

• Johannes Brahms

Liebestreu for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)

• Jakob Dont

Etude (1908, manuscript)

• Federigo Fiorillo

Etude (1911, manuscript)

• Edvard Grieg

At Home for Violin and Piano (1917,Fischer, New York)

Dance from Jolster for Violin and Piano (1918, Fischer, New York)

Grandmother’s Minuet for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)

Lonely Wanderer for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)

Puck for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)

Scherzo-Impromptu for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)

Valse for Violin and Piano (1917, Fischer, New York)

• Franz Liszt

Gnomenreigen for Violin and Piano (1913, manuscript)

La Romanesca for Violin and Piano (1913, Universal Edition, Wien)

Liebestraum for Violin and Piano (1913, Universal Edition, Wien)

• Alexey Lvov

Wolochl (1913, Juval, Berlin)

• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

On Wings of Song for Violin and Piano (1906, Zimmermann, Leipzig; Fischer, New York)

• Niccolo Paganini

Caprice No.9 for Violin and Piano (1919)

Caprice No.13 for Violin and Piano (1922, manuscript)

Caprice No.14 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)

Caprice No.15 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)

Caprice No.16 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)

Caprice No.17 for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)

Caprice No.18 for Violin and Piano (1922, manuscript)

Caprice No.19 for Violin and Piano (1923, manuscript)

Caprice No.20 for Violin and Piano (1920, manuscript)

Caprice No.21 for Violin and Piano (1919, manuscript)

Caprice No.24 for Violin and Piano (1921, manuscript)

• Jean-Philippe Rameau

Tambourin for Violin and Piano (1910, Schirmer, New York)

• Franz Schubert

Valse in a for Violin and Piano (1930, Fischer, New York)

Valse in A for Violin and Piano (1930, Fischer, New York)

• Robert Schumann

Bilder aus dem Osten for Violin and Piano (1917, Universal Edition, Wien)

• Leo Zeitlin

Eli Zion for Violin and Piano (1912, Society for Hebrew Music, St. Petersburg; Juval, Jerusalem)